2011 European Poker Tour Grand Final Madrid

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2011 European Poker Tour Grand Final Madrid

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
109
Prize
€1,500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€6,860,000
Entries
686
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Many & Varied Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Steven van Zadelhoff nl
Steven van Zadelhoff
87,000
Kristoffer Thorsson
Kristoffer Thorsson
85,000
30,000
30,000
Kevin Stani no
Kevin Stani
85,000
45,000
45,000
EPT 1X Winner
Santiago Terrazas
Santiago Terrazas
75,000
30,000
30,000
Cathy Hong
Cathy Hong
62,000
34,500
34,500
Markus Lehmann
Markus Lehmann
62,000
9,000
9,000
Surinder Sunar gb
Surinder Sunar
60,000
32,000
32,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
56,000
11,000
11,000
Nenad Medic us
Nenad Medic
55,000
25,000
25,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
55,000
28,000
28,000
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
54,000
9,000
9,000
Eric Qu fr
Eric Qu
53,000
8,000
8,000
Jakob Carlsson
Jakob Carlsson
50,000
11,000
11,000
Mayu Roca
Mayu Roca
48,000
8,000
8,000
Rob Hollink nl
Rob Hollink
45,000
7,000
7,000
$25K Fantasy
EPT 1X Winner
Dario Minieri it
Dario Minieri
45,000
18,500
18,500
Michael Martin us
Michael Martin
40,000
-4,000
-4,000
Carter Phillips us
Carter Phillips
40,000
11,000
11,000
EPT 1X Winner
John Eames gb
John Eames
38,000
1,000
1,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg de
Sebastian Ruthenberg
35,500
4,500
4,500
William Thorson se
William Thorson
35,000
3,000
3,000
Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken
35,000
-1,000
-1,000
Iulian Ruxandescu ro
Iulian Ruxandescu
35,000
-7,000
-7,000
Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
33,000
3,000
3,000
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
32,000
-3,000
-3,000

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Mattsson's Cowboys Hold

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

A player who's probably Nichlas Mattsson (the hood is rather too effective) just doubled through after getting his whole stack in preflop (18,225) with {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}. The action started in early position with a raise to 900, then Jean Thorel raised to 2,300 - Mattsson was the cold four-bettor pre to 6,225. The original raiser folded, but Thorel, checking out his opponent's shorter than average stack, threw in a jumble of chips setting him in. He was happy to oblige, and happy to see Thorel with {Q-Clubs}{J-Clubs}.

Thorel hit a jack on the {J-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} flop but missed improvement on the {6-Hearts}{5-Hearts} turn and river. He's still on a decent 56,000 stack, while Mattsson is on 40,000.

Tags: Jean ThorelNichlas Mattsson

What Everybody Wants

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

The really important numbers are in!

Our 686 runners have generated a €6,680,000 prize pool - note that now that we're in Spain and not in Monaco, no money has been taken out of the prize pool for taxes and the like. 104 places pay out with a lowly min-cash worth €15,000. Whoever takes the top spot, however, will walk away with a potentially life-changing €1.5 million. Please head over to the Payouts tab for the full breakdown.

More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
James Bord gb
James Bord
90,000
-15,000
-15,000
Ivan Demidov ru
Ivan Demidov
85,000
55,000
55,000
Andy Black ie
Andy Black
75,000
45,000
45,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
70,000
6,000
6,000
Raymond Wu cn
Raymond Wu
66,000
3,000
3,000
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
65,000
24,000
24,000
Vanessa Rousso us
Vanessa Rousso
60,000
21,500
21,500
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
50,000
12,300
12,300
Ben Vinson gb
Ben Vinson
50,000
33,800
33,800
Melanie Weisner us
Melanie Weisner
48,000
17,000
17,000
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
45,000
8,000
8,000
Neil Channing gb
Neil Channing
38,500
-11,500
-11,500
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
37,000
-13,000
-13,000
Johannes Strassmann
Johannes Strassmann
36,000
-12,000
-12,000
JC Tran us
JC Tran
35,000
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
32,000
15,000
15,000
Tony Hachem au
Tony Hachem
27,000
7,000
7,000
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
26,000
-3,100
-3,100
Salvatore Bonavena it
Salvatore Bonavena
25,000
-7,000
-7,000
Sandra Naujoks de
Sandra Naujoks
24,000
-500
-500
Florian Langmann de
Florian Langmann
24,000
-9,000
-9,000
Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
24,000
300
300
Per Linde se
Per Linde
23,000
-7,000
-7,000
Roland de Wolfe gb
Roland de Wolfe
23,000
-5,000
-5,000
EPT 1X Winner
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
23,000
6,000
6,000

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Overlodden

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Johnny Lodden
Johnny Lodden

Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden has been knocked out, his last few chips going in with {4-Hearts}{2-Clubs} and got no luck against {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} on a {K-Spades}{9-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} board.

Tags: Johnny Lodden

Lizano Bluff Attempt Backfires

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Jesus Cortes Lizano
Jesus Cortes Lizano

A full board of {6-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{4-Clubs} was out on the felt when we arrived and EPT Barcelona finalist Jesus Cortes Lizano was betting out 6,200 from the cutoff. On the button Niccolo Caramatti squirmed for a little while and eventually announced a call - and before the dealer could demand a showdown, Lizano had tapped the table and mucked his hand. Caramatti handed his cards back to the dealer without having to show, and is back up to 30,000. Lizano is still in good shape on around 50,000.

Tags: Jesus Cortes LizanoNiccolo Caramatti

Demigod

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Ivan Demidov, the Russian WSOP Main Event runner-up and Team PokerStars Pro is up to 85,000 after he bet 15,000 on the river of a {J-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Hearts} board against Thorsten Schafer. The latter made the call for about half his stack, but could only nod his head when Demidov turned over {A-Clubs}{J-Hearts} for the nut full house.

Tags: Thorsten SchaferIvan Demidov

The Good Sons

We haven't seen much in the way of hands from these two, but seeing as it's Mother's Day over in the States and we know their folks are watching, here are Michael Martin and Carter Phillips in photographic glory.

Michael MartinCarter Phillips

Nuts with Redraw no Good

Flopping the nuts with {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} might have seemed like a good double up opportunity for short stack David Baker, especially as he was up against a King-high flush draw only in the hands of Anthony Maranca (according to our original seat plan which is becoming obsolete as the 300 remaining players move about). But the {4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} flop which enticed the stacks in received a {2-Diamonds} on the turn and the {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} stayed good (even though the all-in was still not strictly drawing dead). The river was the {Q-Spades} and as the minutes tick down to the dinner break, the field finally slips under the 300-person mark.

Player Chips Progress
Raul Mestre es
Raul Mestre
80,000
50,000
50,000
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
39,000
9,000
9,000
$25K Fantasy
13,800
-16,200
-16,200

Tags: Raul MestreDavid Baker

I'm a Loeser Baby

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Manig Loeser has been eliminated, he pushed all in preflop for about 10,000 from the button and JC Tran gave him a spin from the small blind.

Loeser: {A-Clubs}{J-Spades}
Tran: {K-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

The board came {Q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{7-Spades} and Loeser was left wishing everyone good luck

Tags: Manig LoeserJC Tran